President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appointed Lieutenant-General Pet...

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appointed Lieutenant-General Petro Tsigikala as Head of the State Border Service

July 25, 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appointed a new leader of the State Border Service of Ukraine - Lieutenant-General Peter Alexandrovich Tsyhykala.

President of Ukraine Viktor Nazarenko expressed appreciation for the dedicated service, awarded him the knowledge of the Army General of Ukraine and appointed him as his adviser.

The newly appointed Chairman of the State Border Service thanked the Supreme Commander for confidence: "I try not to take, and that height, which raised the bar Nazarenko army general in countering modern threats at the state border, we will keep with honor."

Petr Tsyhykal served as Director of the Department of operational border agency. During his work on this post, he conducted several international operations, which raised the image of Ukraine to a new level. In particular, under his leadership found 17 paintings by Renaissance stolen in Verona, together with European colleagues identified party hard drugs prevented an attempt on the politician of Moldova Vladimir Plakhotnyuk more.